diff --git a/projects/mesonbuild.com/package.yml b/projects/mesonbuild.com/package.yml
index 14c93e35..890c5f23 100644
--- a/projects/mesonbuild.com/package.yml
+++ b/projects/mesonbuild.com/package.yml
@@ -11,43 +11,8 @@ dependencies:
 
 build:
   script: |
-    python -m venv {{prefix}}/libexec
+    python-venv.sh meson mesonbuild.com {{version}} {{prefix}} {{deps.python.org.version}} {{deps.python.org.version.major}} {{deps.python.org.version.minor}}
 
-    cd "{{prefix}}"
-
-    libexec/bin/pip install -v --no-deps --no-binary :all: --ignore-installed meson
-    mkdir bin
-
-    mv libexec/bin/meson libexec/bin/meson.py
-
-    cd bin
-    ln -s ../libexec/bin/meson meson
-
-    cd ../libexec/bin
-    fix-shebangs.ts *
-
-    cp "$SRCROOT"/props/shim.bash meson
-    chmod +x meson
-
-    rm Activate.ps1 activate.csh activate.fish
-
-    sed -i.bak 's|VIRTUAL_ENV=".*"|VIRTUAL_ENV="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")"/.. \&\& pwd)"|' activate
-    rm activate.bak
-
-    # FIXME a lot: this "updates" the `venv` on each run for relocatability
-    cat <<EOF>>activate
-
-    sed -i.bak \\
-      -e "s|$TEA_PREFIX/python.org/v{{deps.python.org.version}}|\$TEA_PREFIX/python.org/v{{deps.python.org.version.major}}|" \\
-      -e 's|bin/python{{deps.python.org.version.major}}.{{deps.python.org.version.minor}}|bin/python|' \\
-      -e "s|{{prefix}}/libexec|\$TEA_PREFIX/mesonbuild.com/v{{version}}/libexec|" \\
-      \$VIRTUAL_ENV/pyvenv.cfg
-    rm \$VIRTUAL_ENV/pyvenv.cfg.bak
-    EOF
-
-    for x in python*; do
-      ln -sf ../../../../python.org/v{{ deps.python.org.version.major }}/bin/$x $x
-    done
 test:
   dependencies:
     ninja-build.org: 1
diff --git a/projects/mesonbuild.com/shim.bash b/projects/mesonbuild.com/shim.bash
deleted file mode 100755
index 994e7bda..00000000
--- a/projects/mesonbuild.com/shim.bash
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-self="${BASH_SOURCE[0]}"
-if test -L "$self"; then
-  prefix="$(dirname "$self")"
-  suffix="$(dirname $(readlink $self))"
-  LIBEXEC="$(cd $prefix/$suffix && pwd)"
-else
-  LIBEXEC="$(cd "$(dirname "$self")" && pwd)"
-fi
-source "$LIBEXEC/activate"
-exec "$LIBEXEC"/meson.py "$@"
diff --git a/scripts/brewkit/python-venv.sh b/scripts/brewkit/python-venv.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..366e0917
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/brewkit/python-venv.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+CMD_NAME=$1
+PROJECT_NAME=$2
+VERSION=$3
+PREFIX=$4
+PYTHON_VERSION=$5
+PYTHON_VERSION_MAJ=$6
+PYTHON_VERSION_MIN=$7
+
+python -m venv $PREFIX/libexec
+
+cd "$PREFIX"
+
+libexec/bin/pip install -v --no-deps --no-binary :all: --ignore-installed $CMD_NAME
+mkdir bin
+
+mv libexec/bin/$CMD_NAME libexec/bin/$CMD_NAME.py
+
+cd bin
+ln -s ../libexec/bin/$CMD_NAME $CMD_NAME
+
+cd ../libexec/bin
+fix-shebangs.ts *
+
+cat <<EOF>$CMD_NAME
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+self="\${BASH_SOURCE[0]}"
+if test -L "\$self"; then
+  prefix="\$(dirname "\$self")"
+  suffix="\$(dirname \$(readlink \$self))"
+  LIBEXEC="\$(cd \$prefix/\$suffix && pwd)"
+else
+  LIBEXEC="\$(cd "\$(dirname "\$self")" && pwd)"
+fi
+source "\$LIBEXEC/activate"
+exec "\$LIBEXEC"/$CMD_NAME.py "\$@"
+EOF
+chmod +x $CMD_NAME
+
+rm Activate.ps1 activate.csh activate.fish
+
+sed -i.bak 's|VIRTUAL_ENV=".*"|VIRTUAL_ENV="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")"/.. \&\& pwd)"|' activate
+rm activate.bak
+
+# FIXME a lot: this "updates" the `venv` on each run for relocatability
+cat <<EOF>>activate
+
+sed -i.bak \\
+  -e "s|$TEA_PREFIX/python.org/v$PYTHON_VERSION|\$TEA_PREFIX/python.org/v$PYTHON_VERSION_MAJ|" \\
+  -e 's|bin/python$PYTHON_VERSION_MAJ.$PYTHON_VERSION_MIN|bin/python|' \\
+  -e "s|$PREFIX/libexec|\$TEA_PREFIX/$PROJECT_NAME/v$VERSION/libexec|" \\
+  \$VIRTUAL_ENV/pyvenv.cfg
+rm \$VIRTUAL_ENV/pyvenv.cfg.bak
+EOF
+
+for x in python*; do
+  ln -sf ../../../../python.org/v$PYTHON_VERSION_MAJ/bin/$x $x
+done
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